From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-13 04:00:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:00:13 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1060772413 9104 129.241.83.78 (13 Aug 2003 11:00:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:00:13 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41371 Date: 2003-08-13T11:00:13+00:00 List-Id: Vinzent Hoefler wrote: > Preben Randhol wrote: > >>Seriously. The gain of Open Source developments is that I can make >>programs/tools in my spare time that I myself and many more may benifit >>from. > > Well, that's not quite it (only a part of it). Free software in the > sense of public domain and freeware existed. This has nothing to do > with Open Source in general. No, Freeware is *not* free. > Still, open or closed source doesn't make software more or less > robust. But with open source at least you might be able to fix it > faster. :) Not only that, you are able to inspect the code before using it. And, with Open Source you cannot try to do "Security through Obscurity". -- �I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet. So who am I to judge.� - The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radioplay)